Re: How Did Hadrosaurs Survive? (Was: Hadrosaur "mummy" questions)

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>

> If ever you have more predators than prey it would be bad for all
> concerned.

Not necessarily true.  Oceanic ecosystems, for example, tend to have a 
greater biomass as far as predators are concerned, relative to prey (namely, 
plankton).  The thing is, plankton have such a high reproductive rate that 
they are able to keep their numbers fairly constant.
Rawk on,

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/
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